Trevor Oates

Trevor Oates was a British Royal Navy sailor who was best-known for killing the infamous pirate Blackbeard on the deck of the HMS Odin off Ocracoke, North Carolina on 22 November 1718. Oates served on the Odin under Robert Maynard, and it was Oates who delivered the final blow to Blackbeard during the battle on the deck of the Odin, slashing him across the back with his cutlass.